$120 million in escrow to ensure the hospitals' viability. >> well, that is not sitting well today with the owners of prospect, and they a threatening to shut down fatimasays if it can't get an acceptable deal, it may close both hospitals. ♪ ♪ in chattanooga, opposition to selling erlanger to private equity investors quickly took hold. >> i can't imagine erlanger ever taking a private equity deal. unless it just got to the most dire of circumstances, which would be irresponsible for our community to let happen. i can't imagine that selling to a private equity firm would ever be something this community would want to see happen with erlanger. (woman speaking over intercom) >> sullivan: but even those opposed to pvate equity say dramatic change may be needed. >> we've come to the point where we're failing in terms of being able to run the hospital sufficiently. if we can't get funding from the public sector, we're going to have to go to the private sector in some form or fashion to get the funding that we need. >> sullivan: you're talking about investors. >> uh, yeah. we're going to have to go to the private sector. >> sullivan: for now, like many safety